John 10:28

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“I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.”

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BSBPD

“I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and life age-during I give to them, and they shall not perish--to the age, and no one shall pluck them out of my hand;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 10:28 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 33:3Surely You love the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words—
  2. 1 Samuel 2:9He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
  3. Job 17:9Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
  4. Psalms 31:5Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.
  5. Psalms 37:28For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
  6. Psalms 103:17But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—
  7. Psalms 125:1Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
  8. Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
  9. Proverbs 24:16For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
  10. Isaiah 45:17But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
  11. Isaiah 54:17No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
  12. Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.
  13. Jeremiah 31:3The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.
  14. Jeremiah 31:34No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
  15. Jeremiah 32:40I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.
  16. Mark 13:22For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
  17. Luke 22:31Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.
  18. Luke 23:46Then Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit.” And when He had said this, He breathed His last.
  19. John 3:15that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
  20. John 3:36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
  21. John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
  22. John 5:24Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
  23. John 5:39You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
  24. John 6:27Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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